While demoing the SSL Duende X-verb I noticed the preset names seemed very familiar. I noticed the similarity to the Lexicon gear that i’m used to dealing with. That got my curiosity churning. Time for a comparison I say. I pulled up some multitrack drum noodling & a verb bus comparing both the X-verb & Lexicon m300. The result? It’s now of my opinion the X-verb team was influenced if not down right trying to replace the classic Lexicon hardware we know.
For the comparison I pulled up similar named presets on both the X-verb/ m300 & recorded the results @ 24/48.
MP3 Examples -
- 300 – Live Drum Room
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- X – Live Drum Room
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- 300 Studio A
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- X – Studio A
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- 300 – Small hall
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- X – Small hall
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- 300 – Rich Plate
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- X – Rich Plate
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- 300 – rehearsal room
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- X – rehearsal room
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- 300 – large hall
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- X – large hall
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- 300 – Hanger
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- X – Hanger
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- 300 – Glossy Plate
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- X – Glossy Plate
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- 300 – Deep End
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- X – Deep Space
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- 300 – Dance Hall
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- X – Dance Hall
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- 300 – Church
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- X – gothic Church
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- 300 – chamber
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- X – Natural chamber
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- 300 – Brick Wall
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- X – Brick Wall
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Rough manual settings match -
- 300m
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- Xm
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- pcm70
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- x70
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After spending sometime with the inner control of X-Verb I feel one can re-create all of the “magic” of the hardware we have come to expect. I didn’t find a “hole/limitation” of control or feature set. Good stuff.
original drum noodle. 24/48 .wav drum-noodle.wav